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March 2nd, 2020, 20:02 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo Switch, Grand Theft Auto 5, FIFA 20, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot were the big winners in January acrosss Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia.
This is all according to GSD figures [the data project owned by European trade body ISFE] analysed by GamesIndustry.biz. The data features physical retail numbers from 17 countries, and digital download data from 16 major publishers in nearly 50 markets. The full details of which are at the bottom of the article.
Just over 15 million AAA games were sold across EMEAA territories during January, a slight increase of 1.1% compared with the same period 12 months ago.
Due to the ageing console cycle, sales of games machines are down 15.8% in January compared to the same period a year before, with revenue down 13.1%. The only console to sell better in January 2020 vs 2019 was Nintendo Switch (up more than 17%). Switch accounted for almost 52% of all consoles sold across the retail markets, with the Neon version the most popular individual product.
The increase in game sales was primarily due to an increase in full game downloads, with Grand Theft Auto 5, FIFA 20 and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege the biggest selling digital titles. Just under 8.45 million full games were downloaded last month across the markets.
Physical game sales took a slight tumble, down 5.6% year-on-year to 6.6 million games sold. The physical games market performs best when big new games are launched, and there was a lack of significant titles released last month. By comparison, Resident Evil 2 and New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe were released in January 2019.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...-console-sales
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March 2nd, 2020, 20:09 Posted By: wraggster
byuu v1.4 is released. byuu is a multi-system emulator that focuses on accuracy and ease-of-use. It is currently in early release beta status. byuu is an upcoming multi-system emulator that aims to provide the accuracy of higan, with the ease-of-use of bsnes. It seeks to accomplish this by catering to the common 99% of use cases, rather than higan, which tries to cater to every niche. As such, certain advanced functionality will not be available in byuu; however, the emulator will be significantly easier to use, like bsnes.
Planned roadmap:
v1: support for gamepad mapping and the save state manager
v2: support for other controller types (mice, light guns) and multiple-players
v3: support for Famicom Disk System, Super Game Boy, and Sega CD emulation
v?: support for per-system input mapping, cheat codes, movie recording, and run-ahead functionality
v?+X: optional scanline renderers for each core to boost performance substantially
v?+Y: additional emulation cores from outside of higan (PS1, Saturn, N64 would be most promising!)
https://byuu.org/byuu
http://www.emucr.com/2020/03/byuu-v14.html
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March 2nd, 2020, 20:09 Posted By: wraggster
higan v107.27 is released. higan (formerly bsnes) is a Nintendo multi-system emulator that began development on 2004-10-14. It currently supports the following systems:
- Famicom
- Super Famicom
- Game Boy
- Game Boy Color
- Game Boy Advance
higan also supports the following subsystems:
- Super Game Boy
- BS-X Satellaview
- Sufami Turbo
higan Changelog：
* Fix typo in SFC PPU mode 7 renderer.
* v107.27
* prevent invalid memory access in Memory::Readable,Writable when size=0
* v107.26
* GBA: code cleanups
https://gitlab.com/higan/higan
http://www.emucr.com/2020/03/higan-v10727.html
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March 2nd, 2020, 20:20 Posted By: wraggster
Swiss r798 is released. The swiss army knife of gamecube homebrew. Swiss aims to be the ultimate utility Gamecube homebrew application.
Swiss Changelog:
Cleaning up the mess from the previous release, the Wiikey Fusion should now work better than ever, including 2-disc support.
A long-standing bug causing crashes with DVD/GCLoader and patch fragments has been fixed.
There's now the option of booting games through the GameCube Main Menu. This feature has some issues still, but it mostly work. Current game settings apply, so it can be seen in progressive scan.
@Extrems committed:
Add exception for PAL games booted through IPL.
Show disc number when other disc has been found.
Generalize text encoding patch for early SDK.
Remove debug log spam.
Add text encoding patch for BS2.
Add region patch for BS2.
Add video patches for BS2.
Port Wiikey Fusion over to the new patches.
Add boot through IPL feature.
Rewrite workaround for CPU lockup on EFB Z peek during a copy operation.
Fix DVD read starting in the alignment for a previous patched file.
Don't allocate audio streaming buffer for new patches.
Reimplement DVD-R spin-up.
@EBLeifEricson committed:
Added check of SP2 slot for cheats when on a different device
https://github.com/emukidid/swiss-gc
http://www.emucr.com/2020/02/swiss-r798.html
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March 2nd, 2020, 20:29 Posted By: wraggster
Due to the fact that there was no lightweight API to display on-screen overlays until the release of Tesla last month, no usable FPS counter solution was available for the Switch even though it may not sound like much work.
 Want an FPS counter for your Switch? Now, you can have it although the overlay itself takes a good chunk of the screen for now! ()
Now, the prayers of those who want to know how well their Switch is performing have been answered as masagrator, who’s been behind many 60FPS mods for commercial games, has released NX-FPS letting you see FPS in real-time without external hardware like a capture card.
NX-FPS is a SaltyNX plugin which collects FPS data from commercial Switch games and it currently supports the NVN and EGL APIs used in games. As of right now, it can log two types of data namely:
- PFPS – Pushed Frames Per Second (unsigned integer)
- This counts how many frames were pushed to the display in the last second
- FPS – Frames Per Second (decimal value)
- This is calculated from average frame time and gets refreshed with every new frame
Currently, data generated from this plugin can be used with masagrator’s own Status Monitor Overlay as long as you have version 0.4 or above installed and it lets you see FPS statistics in real time. Other developers can also use NX-FPS in their own homebrew overlay solutions as it functions separately from Status Monitor Overlay.
You may read more and download NX-FPS from this link and use it with Status Monitor Overlay. It’s important to state that NX-FPS may cause a kernel panic if you close a game less than 10 seconds after the Nintendo logo appears.
http://wololo.net/2020/03/02/psvita-...r-with-nx-fps/
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March 2nd, 2020, 20:32 Posted By: wraggster
First shared here as always, enjoy!
This is something I have been working on for a while. I can't take full credit, the original code for this clone is from 2000, then it was worked on a few years after that by others. The code was a mess!
I gave it a a huge refactor and clean up code-wise, then added loads of stuff to make it more faithful to the real game: new graphics, character select, new blocks, multiplayer...
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March 16th, 2020, 20:47 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo has told employees at its Redmond, Washington offices to self-quarantine after one of its workers tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"We have determined that the individual had contact with other employees and we have notified those employees to the situation. All impacted employees are now self-quarantining, whether they are experiencing symptoms or not," the company said.
Nintendo has also given its employees throughout Washington and California the option of working from home as a result of the pandemic.
The Centers for Disease Control reports that Washington state has seen 457 reported cases of COVID-19, more than any other state in the US.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...elf-quarantine
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March 16th, 2020, 20:52 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo and Lego have teamed up to create a line of Super Mario Lego sets.
The two companies announced the partnership today and gave a first look at the toys, which center around an electronic, Bluetooth-equipped Mario figure with screens in its chest and face that can collect virtual coins as it interacts with levels made of Lego bricks.
Lego chief marketing officer Julia Golden said the sets would be a "highly social, interactive and collaborative experience for kids."
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...per-mario-line
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March 16th, 2020, 21:06 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo has been triumphant in defending itself against claims that the Switch's Joy-Con controllers infringe on patents owned by Gamevice.
The mobile accessories firm filed a lawsuit against Nintendo back in 2018, claiming that the console/handheld hybrid copies ideas from its own detachable controllers for smartphones and tablets.
However, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has invalidated all 19 of Gamevice's claims against Nintendo, according to Law360.
"Gamevice does not contest Nintendo's showing that these dependent claims are unpatentable, nor does Gamevice offer any other argument or evidence in support of patentability," the board said.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...ainst-gamevice
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March 16th, 2020, 21:07 Posted By: wraggster
A Washington court has denied Nintendo's move to dismiss a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of unfair and deceptive business practices regarding defective Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers.
Though it denied the dismissal of the suit, the district court did at the same time grant a request from Nintendo to refer the lawsuit into arbitration, in accordance with requirements in Nintendo's End User License Agreement.
The lawsuit was brought last year by US law firm Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith, with the plaintiff Ryan Diaz, and now includes 18 total plaintiffs.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...to-arbitration
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March 16th, 2020, 21:12 Posted By: wraggster
Great news for French speakers: the third opus of the Mario series, “Super Mario Bros 3″ for NES, has been translated to French! The translation was written by hlabrande and the hacking was done by Wave.
This translation to French is not entirely based on the English text; the choice was made to write a translation that is closer to the original Japanese. Thus, Princess Peach, and not Princess Toadstool, is writing you letters; the suit is a tanuki suit and not a raccoon; the awkward joke at the end was removed to get closer to the Japanese version; and Peach’s second and third letters, inexplicably switched in the English version, have been put back in the right order.
This is technically not the first translation of the game: the game was remastered and released on the Game Boy Advance under the “Super Mario Advance 4″ title, and that game was released in Europe, with a French translation. Being a remaster and all, there were no space constraints to work under. The GBA version also implements the changes mentioned above, which was a factor in deciding to implement them in this translation.
https://www.romhacking.net/translations/5432/
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March 18th, 2020, 21:55 Posted By: wraggster
MegaZeux (or MZX) is a game creation system (GCS) initially released in late 1994 by Alexis Janson. MegaZeux is heavily inspired by Tim Sweeney's ZZT. Like ZZT, MZX was originally released as shareware and the world editor portion of the program was included for free, allowing third parties to create their own worlds without even registering.
MZX is officially supported on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Android, Nintendo DS, 3DS, Wii, Switch, and the PSP. Older ports exist for AmigaOS 4, GP2X, and Pandora. MZX has also been ported to other platforms such as OpenSolaris, HaikuOS, and the Sega Dreamcast.
http://wiibrew.org/wiki/MegaZeux
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March 18th, 2020, 21:56 Posted By: wraggster
Flea is a brand new hard core platformer game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. This hard as nails platformer has you traverse inside and outside a great beast. You are Henry the flea and you never stop jumping which only adds to the challenge ahead. Meet interesting characters and learn about the beast.
This is a game perfect for speedrunners as it takes a while to master but when u get it there are some advanced techniques that can be sued to shave some vital seconds of your time.
https://pdroms.de/nintendo-nintendoe...rcial-nes-game
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March 18th, 2020, 21:59 Posted By: wraggster
Super Tilt Bro. is a demake of the Super Smash Bros. series compatible with the good old Nintendo Entertainment System from the 1980s by Sylvain. The task of the game is easy: Fight to throw the other out.
The game has continuous development since many months (but not always announced in the public) and keeps getting better. If you know the game from a while ago you will recognize the improved graphics! Just two days ago a rather big update has been made public. Check it here.
https://pdroms.de/nintendo-nintendoe...pha-1-nes-game
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March 18th, 2020, 22:04 Posted By: wraggster
Kubo 3 takes up the adventures of the cowboy turtle where the previous episode ended. The Evil Mole kidnapped the villagers… and Kubo will have to find 4 sacred objects in order to free them.
The game designer, Seiji, is a rather young boy and help from his father dale_coop (code) and Raftronaut (music).
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March 18th, 2020, 22:18 Posted By: wraggster
Trophy is a brand-new action platformer for the original NES! Take control of the robot Trophy in this exciting new homebrew game. Save the peaceful planet of Gearus 9 from the evil machinations of Lord Q as you run, jump, and blast your way to victory. Collect power-ups along the way and defeat some of the largest bosses ever seen on the NES!
Funding is currently ongoing on Kickstarter! Trophy is 100% finished and is being published by The 6502 Collective in both physical and digital form, so a release will happen in any case.
https://pdroms.de/nintendo-nintendoe...arter-nes-game
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March 18th, 2020, 22:20 Posted By: wraggster
BGB v1.5.8 is released. BGB is a gameboy emulator which runs on Windows.
Features:
emulation of the GameBoy, GameBoy Color, and Super Gameboy
accurate emulation of the hardware, based on research with lots of test roms, useful for debugging/rom development. some highlights:
clock exact timing of LCD behavior/state changes
realistic initial ram values - random but with specific bit patterns, and simulated values left by bootroms (for example "nibbler (pd)" depends on this)
accurate emulation of LCD register writes during scanline (prehistorik man, demotronic demo)
emulation of inaccessible VRAM and OAM as on real hardware
10 sprites per line limit
clock exact emulation of sprites causing mode 3 to take longer
correct memory access timing (access happening at the last/second to last clock of an opcode)
accurate emulation of the differences between DMG and GBC, including timing differences, differences in hardware behavior, initial state, etc.
can run a GBC rom as on a DMG, and a DMG rom as on a GBC
powerful debugger:
disassembler
assembler (change code and ability to save modified rom)
breakpoints
break on access
conditional breakpoints
singlestepping/tracing/animating/step out/step over
vram viewer: BG map, tiles, OAM, palette.
IO registers viewer
break on exceptions (accessing inaccessible VRAM, read unitialized RAM, echo ram access, access locked external ram, disable lcd outside vblank)
ability to modify all registers and state at any time
joypad window allows simulating button presses at any time while debugging
SGB multiplayer with up to 4 gamepads
graphics output: GDI (DIB), DirectDraw, Direct3D, OpenGL, null output
sound output: waveout, directsound and disk writer supported. support for writing the 4 channels to separate wav files
runs almost all roms perfectly, compatibility comparable with the best GB/C emulators
Accurate/high quality sound emulation, bandlimited rectangular wave synthesis for perfectly smooth sound
accurate video emulation including "high color" graphics, correct sprite/background priorities, 10 sprites/line limit, and mid-scanline register changes.
This emulator is fast.
Joystick/Gamepad support, everything mappable to every button
some user interface keys are configurable and can be mapped to joystick/gamepad buttons
MBC3 Real Time Clock emulation. RTC is saved/loaded in the .sav file, compatible with VBA
Auto delay/frameskip, emulation runs at 100% real speed and full 60 fps
GameGenie and GameShark cheat, load/save cheats (auto and manual), "cheat searcher", easy creation of new cheat codes
save/load state with quick (zsnes style) keys.
Load from ZIP and GZIP files
This program does not require DirectX or runtime libraries.
support for optional border bitmap and pseudo and real fullscreen modes.
limited TCP/IP game link support
BGB v1.5.8 Changelog:
Added mode where RTC stays at real time.
Accuracy improvements.
Improved speedrun mode.
Fixed graphics not showing on some wine setups.
Improved fullscreen pageflipped mode.
Improvements to debugger.
Fixed many bugs.
http://bgb.bircd.org/
http://www.emucr.com/2020/03/bgb-v158.html
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March 18th, 2020, 22:35 Posted By: wraggster
higan v109.3 is released. higan (formerly bsnes) is a Nintendo multi-system emulator that began development on 2004-10-14. It currently supports the following systems:
- Famicom
- Super Famicom
- Game Boy
- Game Boy Color
- Game Boy Advance
higan also supports the following subsystems:
- Super Game Boy
- BS-X Satellaview
- Sufami Turbo
higan Changelog：
* v109.3
* PC Engine: emulate MPR latch used by TMA and TAM instructions
* PC Engine: randomize various registers and memory at power-on
* PC Engine: do not allow block moves to read from $ff:0800-17ff
* PC Engine: always set P.B flag (except when pushing P during BRK)
* PC Engine: clean up and improve CPU IRQ handling
* PC Engine: delay PSG synchronization when not needed (~8% speedup for accuracy core)
* PC Engine: emulate 4-color background and sprite modes (partial; fixes Fighting Run sprites)
* PC Engine: emulate grayscale VCE mode
* PC Engine: emulate extra scanline VCE mode
* PC Engine: improve burst-mode emulation (including VRAM->VRAM early termination)
* PC Engine: fixed VRAM->VRAM DMA transfers (was transferring one byte less than it should)
* PC Engine: reposition background and sprite scanline latching slightly (for Toy Shop Boys flickering)
* PC Engine: improve Vblank handling when vertical timing registers exceed 261 scanlines
* PC Engine: added vertical timing latching to scanline renderer as well
* Mega Drive: fix crash when loading Sonic & Knuckles or Game Genie without a daughter cartridge
* all cores: add unload() to all cartridge and controller ports
* byuu: focus the viewport after loading games
* icarus: fix typo in save RAM portion of the manifest (was marked as ROM by mistake)
http://www.emucr.com/2020/03/higan-v1093.html
https://gitlab.com/higan/higan
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March 18th, 2020, 23:04 Posted By: wraggster
Swiss r813 is released. The swiss army knife of gamecube homebrew. Swiss aims to be the ultimate utility Gamecube homebrew application.
Swiss Changelog:
bug that appeared in v0.4r775 preventing Game Boy Interface presets from working has been fixed.
Some interface rendering tweaks have been done, and using Swiss as igr.dol should now work again.
Compatibility with 10-15 years old Kingston SD cards has been fixed through a libOGC patch.
@Extrems committed:
Trigger IGR on game crash.
Add __OSBootDolSimple signature found in Kururin Squash!
Don't setup progressive scan for BS2 NTSC Revision 1.0.
Use point sampling for upscaling banners.
Fix UI projection matrix.
Improve text downscaling quality.
Apply pixel center fix.
Fix crash when igr.dol overlap critical section of game executable.
Fix .dol+cli files.
Code space optimizations.
https://github.com/emukidid/swiss-gc
http://www.emucr.com/2020/03/swiss-r813.html
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March 19th, 2020, 18:24 Posted By: wraggster
Gambatte SpeedRun R6 Build 717 is released. Fork of https://github.com/sinamas/gambatte with changes related to Pokemon speedrunning. Gambatte is an accuracy-focused, cross-platform Game Boy Color emulator. It is based on a few thousand corner-case hardware tests, as well as previous documentation and reverse engineering efforts.
Gambatte SpeedRun Changelog:
Emulation accuracy
Merged all 2019 upstream gambatte accuracy updates by sinamas (fixes TCG, Crystal Clear, perhaps others)
Fixed emulation of some original Game Boy games (i.e. no GBC enhancements) on GBC/GBA/GBP (mostly affects non-Pokemon games)
Hard reset rework
Subframe hard resets now supported on GBP platform (Gen 2 save corruption routes, TCG card duplication should have parity with console)
Game audio now cuts immediately when the hard reset fade begins, to match GBP behavior
Rare quirky behavior (e.g. resets that take 1 or many frames too long, or Blue NSC crash where hard reset was never processed) should be mostly mitigated
Input handling fixes
Simultaneous Up+Down or Left+Right inputs now have proper "cancellation" behavior to match GBP
Using the same keyboard/joystick input for multiple GB inputs is no longer possible (was already "not allowed")
Fixed stray issues with German/Portuguese keyboard layouts (and perhaps others) that could cause numerous erratic behaviors
Added warning when using Shift as a bound key (causes issues when used in combination with keys "modified" by Shift)
Added a deadzone threshold configuration option for joystick users
Miscellaneous
Added official support for macOS 10.13+; binaries will be added with the upcoming release
Instant .sav creation for Gen 1/2 and TCG (at end of game's save routine)
Initial bootrom "error message" for first-time users was made slightly more informative
Fixed bug with default input settings for first-time users; other default settings also made more sensible
Savestates from r649/r664 should remain unaffected by changes (autosplitters are mostly ok, but will need updating to detect the new gambatte_speedrun.exe program name)
https://github.com/Dabomstew/gambatte-speedrun
http://www.emucr.com/2020/03/gambatt...build-717.html
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March 19th, 2020, 18:26 Posted By: wraggster
Snes9x RX v4.8.0 is released. Snes9x RX is a Super Nintendo™ / Super Famicom emulator for the Nintendo Wii. Snes9x RX is a fork from Snes9x GX, a port of Snes9x (http://www.snes9x.com). Snes9x RX is a "homebrew application" which means you will need a way to run unsigned code on your Nintendo Wii. The best website for getting started with Wii homebrew is WiiBrew (www.wiibrew.org).
Snes9x GX Changelog:
Language updates for Spanish, French, Portuguese.
.bs file extension support.
Classify region id 18 as PAL. [Tantric]
Set default calibration values, fix controllers that return invalid data.
Quick fixes for Rendering Ranger R2 and Targa (50/60Hz).
Experimental support for Mad Catz SE FightStick for Xbox 360!
Tested and working, separate binary available.
Experimental support for Logitech F510 Controller (Xinput mode)
Untested, separate binary available.
https://github.com/niuus/Snes9xRX
http://www.emucr.com/2020/03/snes9x-rx-v480.html
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March 19th, 2020, 18:29 Posted By: wraggster
Nin v0.7.0 is released. Nin is an advanced Nintendo Entertainement System and Famicom emulator that is actively being developped. Right now, the emulator is not very polished on the UX side, but can run many games without issues. A gamepad is supported. The exact mapping will depend on the vendor's layout. On a keyboard, the arrows are mapped to the NES D-Pad, Space is Select, Enter is Start, Z is A and X is B. Multiple controllers or other kinds of controller are not currently supported.
Supported Mappers
NROM
MMC1
MMC2
MMC3
MMC4
UxROM (Standard, 180)
CNROM
AxROM
GxROM
Color Dreams
MMC3 support is still experimental.
Nin Changelog:
Complete refactor, now in C++.
Completely new CPU implementation, now cycle-steppable.
Full support for undocumented instructions.
Automated tests
https://github.com/Nax/nin
http://www.emucr.com/2020/03/nin-v070.html
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March 19th, 2020, 18:30 Posted By: wraggster
Cemu v1.17.3 is released. Cemu is a Nintendo Wii U emulator that runs commercial games. Highly experimental software to emulate Wii U applications on PC.
Cemu Changelog:
general: Added a workaround for Cemu not launching on Windows 10 1709
general: Added button for checking online mode requirements to account settings
gamelist: Improved identification of updates/dlc
gamelist: Games which are identified as an update will again show up in the list, but only if no base game is found
This is a workaround for modified game dumps where the update data was merged into the base game. Please always use the File -> Install update/dlc option in Cemu
gamelist: Fixed a bug where a game could appear more than once if multiple game paths were set
CPU/JIT: Code translation (PPC -> x64) is now done asynchronously on a separate thread
The previous implementation would do translation synchronously on the CPU emulation thread.
This could lead to micro stutter in situations where a game hit a lot of new code (e.g. on first loading screen)
OpenGL/Vulkan: Added a safeguard to prevent crashes when games try to use a depth texture with an invalid format
Vulkan: Fixed an issue where depth to color texture copies would use the wrong shader
coreinit: Fixed a crash in OSCalendarTimeToTicks (#268)
nn_boss: Fixed SpotPass always assuming an id of 80000001 instead of using the one selected by the user
Note:
(#xx) refers to bug tracker issues resolved by this change. See http://bugs.cemu.info/projects/cemu/
http://cemu.info/
http://www.emucr.com/2020/03/cemu-v1173.html
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March 19th, 2020, 18:38 Posted By: wraggster
FCE Ultra GX v3.4.6 is released. FCE Ultra GX is a modified port of the FCE Ultra 0.98.12 Nintendo Entertainment system for x86 (Windows/Linux) PC's. With it you can play NES games on your Wii/GameCube(NGC). Version 2 is a complete rewrite based on code from SNES9x GX.
FCE Ultra GX Features:
* Wiimote, Nunchuk, Classic, and Gamecube controller support
* iNES, FDS, VS, UNIF, and NSF ROM support
* 1-4 Player support
* Zapper support
* RAM / State saving support
* Custom controller configurations
* SD, USB, DVD, SMB, Zip, and 7z support
* Cheat support (.CHT files)
* IPS/UPS/PPF automatic patching support
* NES Compatibility Based on FCEUX 2.1.5
FCE Ultra GX v3.4.6 changelog:
Fixed 3rd party controllers (again)
Fixed GameCube version issues with SD2SP2
https://github.com/dborth/fceugx
http://www.emucr.com/2020/03/fce-ultra-gx-v346.html
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March 25th, 2020, 22:48 Posted By: wraggster
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the fastest-selling Nintendo Switch game in Japan.
According to Famitsu data, the title sold 1.88 million games in just three days in the country. By comparison, the previous 3-day Switch record was held by Pokémon Sword and Shield, which sold over 1.36 million copies (both games combined). The previous standalone game record was Super Smash Bros Ultimate, which managed 1.24 million units in three days.
The game's sales far outstripped the opening performance of its predecessor, Animal Crossing: New Leaf on 3DS. That game achieved just under 722,000 sales during its opening three days.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...cords-in-japan
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March 25th, 2020, 23:02 Posted By: wraggster
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has become a major hit in the UK.
Nintendo's critically acclaimed sequel has sold more copies in its first week on sale than the launch sales of all previous Animal Crossing games combined, including the spin-offs. The launch is 3.5 times bigger than the last game in the series, 2013's Animal Crossing: New Leaf on Nintendo 3DS, which was the previous biggest launch for the series. It is also the biggest single game launch on Nintendo Switch since the console came out, although if you combine the sales of Pokémon Sword and Shield together, those games enjoyed a bigger first week.
This only factors in physical sales, it does not include digital download numbers, which may have been higher than usual considering the concerns around the COVID-19 virus that has seen the UK Government recommend that citizens stay indoors. Nintendo does not share digital download data externally.
It's no surprise to learn that Nintendo's game was No.1 in the boxed charts this week, comfortably ahead of Doom: Eternal, which debuts at No.2. Doom: Eternal's physical launch sales are roughly a third smaller than its predecessor, but the drop may not be quite so significant if we factor in digital sales. Unfortunately, Bethesda also doesn't share digital download figures, so we won't know how the game really performed.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...ords-in-the-uk
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March 27th, 2020, 10:48 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo of America has closed its repair service centres due to the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
The repair centres are being closed as a "preventive measure... and in accordance with federal and local guidelines," Nintendo of America has said.
No timeframe was offered for when the centres will open again, and repairs in progress will be put on hold until that happens.
"If the repair center was able to receive the repair order, it will remain there until repair services resume," Nintendo said.
Products that have been sent but not yet accepted will be returned to the customer as "undeliverable." Nintendo will extend the warranty on its products for the amount of time that its repair centres are closed.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...s-indefinitely
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March 27th, 2020, 10:55 Posted By: wraggster
The Nintendo Switch is quite the popular console right now, as many in lockdown are finding out. Hardware shortages have been noticed across the world--especially in Nintendo's home country--with demand overwhelming the short supply of the system. Not to mention, with the success of the recently released Animal Crossing: New Horizons, even the slightly less popular Nintendo Switch Lite handhelds are flying off the shelves. This has lead to a sharp jump in sales for the Switch hardware line, which are up more than 300,000 units over last week, in Japan. This surge in sales also means that the Nintendo Switch has officially surpassed the Nintendo Wii in terms of units sold in Japan. Though the Nintendo Wii was incredibly popular and still boasts over 101 million global sales, it only sold 12.7 million units in Japan before the system was discontinued in 2013. Currently, the Nintendo Switch is sitting at 12.8 million systems sold, putting it just above the older console's figures.
https://twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/1...623849473?s=20
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March 27th, 2020, 11:02 Posted By: wraggster
Wii7800 is a port of the ProSystem emulator developed by Greg Stanton. Additional changes developed by Ludovic Jacomme aka Zx-81 (PSP port), Leonis, and gdement. Portions of the Pokey code were adapted from the MAME implementation.
[h=3]0.5 - March 24, 2020[/h]- Partial Expansion Module (XM) support
- XRAM
- XPokey (limited to single Pokey)
- Added support for cartridges with sizes greater than 144k
- Additional bank switching modes and cartridge types
- Multiple bank switching fixes
- Reworked cartridge header detection
- Now properly detects bank switching, RAM, etc.
- Detects Expansion Module (XM)
- Detects High score cartridge
- Detects Pokey at $0450
- Cartridge database
- Added ability to edit cartridge database settings via menu
- Added several new cartridge properties
- Pokey at $0450
- Default difficulty switch settings
- Expansion Module (XM) enabled/disabled
- High score cartridge enabled/disabled
- Database content
- Fixed incorrect controller settings for Sirius, Crossbow, and Alien Brigade
- Added many homebrew cartridges
- Display enhancements
- Double strike (240p)
- GX+VI mode
- 16:9 correction
- Full widescreen support
- Ability to enable/disable bilinear filter (GX mode)
- Color trap filter
- Multiple default screen sizes
- Hierarchical file navigation support
- USB Support
- SMB (Network support) for loading ROMs
- Multi-save slot support
- Reworked menu system (cartridge-specific settings, etc.)
- Support for launching via WiiFlow (and returning)
- Fixed VSYNC issue which caused initial stutter on PAL games
- Fixed issue occurring when Kangaroo and Holey were enabled (caused background to be displayed, resulting in large black squares)
- Several audio improvements (eliminated majority of TIA and Pokey pops)
http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Wii7800
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March 30th, 2020, 22:06 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo's mascot is celebrating his 35th anniversary this year, with some possible remasters on the way to mark the occasion, if some rumors are to be believed. News website Video Game Chronicle issued a story claiming that Nintendo would be releasing "several" major games, which would include "most of the Super Mario back catalog, remastered for the Nintendo Switch". VGC's sister site, Eurogamer, also corroborated the story, with their own sources hinting at Super Mario Galaxy being one of the remastered mystery games. Yet another reporting site, Gematsu, made its own separate claims that Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario 3D World would be involved, alongside a brand new Paper Mario reveal. Only time will tell if these rumors turn out to be true, but they certainly would be major announcements, if so.
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/...h-anniversary/
https://gbatemp.net/threads/rumor-re...s-year.561221/
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March 30th, 2020, 22:25 Posted By: wraggster
Cemu v1.17.4 is released. Cemu is a Nintendo Wii U emulator that runs commercial games. Highly experimental software to emulate Wii U applications on PC.
Cemu Changelog:
general: Added support for SD card emulation
The virtual SD card is always inserted
It's mapped to the 'sdcard' folder in the Cemu root directory
general: Fixed a deadlock that could happen when changing the mlc01 folder
RPL: Fixed a crash in the RPL loader that could happen for some game executables
coreinit: Minor stability improvements for multi-core recompiler mode
nn_act: Implemented GetSlotNoEx()
Fixes saving in Art Academy titles (#81)
Vulkan: Shaders with compile errors should no longer crash Cemu
Vulkan: Skip drawcall instead of crashing when out of vertex cache memory
http://cemu.info/
http://www.emucr.com/2020/03/cemu-v1174.html
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March 31st, 2020, 19:27 Posted By: wraggster
Nin v0.7.1 is released. Nin is an advanced Nintendo Entertainement System and Famicom emulator that is actively being developped. Right now, the emulator is not very polished on the UX side, but can run many games without issues. A gamepad is supported. The exact mapping will depend on the vendor's layout. On a keyboard, the arrows are mapped to the NES D-Pad, Space is Select, Enter is Start, Z is A and X is B. Multiple controllers or other kinds of controller are not currently supported.
Supported Mappers
NROM
MMC1
MMC2
MMC3
MMC4
UxROM (Standard, 180)
CNROM
AxROM
GxROM
Color Dreams
MMC3 support is still experimental.
Nin Changelog:
Minor fixes
https://github.com/Nax/nin
http://www.emucr.com/2020/03/nin-v071.html
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March 31st, 2020, 19:30 Posted By: wraggster
pFBN v4.1 is released. pFBA is a FBNeo for PC & Nintendo Switch
pFBN v4.0 changelog:
pemu: vita: add custom romlist_help.png
pfbn: skin: fix rom sypnosis height
pemu: improve roms discovery time
pfbn: vita: add saves states previews
pfbn: vita: enable console games
pfbn: vita: fix favorites
pfbn: update fbneo (03-25-2020, b26b974f3588e7f14a77ea089)
pfbn: update bneo and dats (https://github.com/libretro/FBNeo/tr...4726a195a/dats)
pfbn: add unibios 4.0 support (default bios except on vita)
vita: hide force audio sync option as it's needed
vita: add c68k cyclone asm core back
pemu: fix skin text scaling
pemu: vita: fix emu texture
pemu: vita: cleanup texture
pemu: skin: add resolution option to skin config.cfg
pemu: romlist: fix gamelist.xml paths
pemu: vita: fix vpk build
pemu: vita: fix release build
pemu: use same button for favorites add/remove
pemu: messageBox: fix default text button color
pemu: fix console video preview
pemu: refactor gl2 renderer for retroarch shader compatibility
pemu: add some shaders: bevel, crt_aperture, crt_cgwg_fast, crt_hyllian, dot
pemu: fix keys repeat delay
pemu: fix some shaders, including crt geom
pemu: fix favorites path and medias
pfbn: update gamelist.xml
pfbn: add consoles platform back
pemu: add VIDEO_SNAPS_DELAY menu option
pfbn: update arcade gamelist.xml
pfbn: bump version to 4.1
pemu: skin: minor color changes
lot of untracked changes....
https://github.com/Cpasjuste/pemu
http://www.emucr.com/2020/03/pfbn-v41.html
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